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Quincy Segelke prepares for college career

Brush graduate playing two sports in Wyoming

Brush grad Quincy Segelke will be competing a few more times this summer before competing in college rodeo at Gillette College in Wyoming this fall. (Courtesy Photo / Chelsea Hoffman)

Brush grad Quincy Segelke competed in her home county rodeo over the Fourth of July weekend, taking part in the slack competition of the Brush Rodeo on July 3. She competed in the breakaway and barrel racing events.

"I did okay," Segelke said on her performance.

Normally, Segelke would be in Oklahoma this time of year getting ready to compete in another rodeo. Instead, she has taken a step back and laying low a little more during the summer.

Even though she is not competing as much, she says rodeo is taking up most of her time.

"I'm not at as many rodeos as I've been to in recent years, but it's still a 24/7 thing," Segelke said.

In the fall, Segelke will begin her first year of college at Gillette College in Wyoming, a place close to her heart.

Quincy Segelke signed to participate in both rodeo and women's basketball at Brush High School in early April. (Katie Collins / Brush News-Tribune)

"I really love Gillette and have family and friends up there," Segelke said. "I'm excited to go up there."

It is there that Segelke will continue her rodeo career as she joins the Pronghorns program. In addition to rodeo, she will also join the women's basketball team in the winter.

In the rodeo, she competes in nearly every event possible and plans to do so again in college. Her season will begin in early September and go through early October. In the winter, she will go through basketball until March, where she will resume the rodeo season that goes through the first part of June.

One person she plans to lean on to manage playing both sports will be her roommate, who will also be a part of both the rodeo and women's basketball team as well.

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"One of my roommates is doing the same thing, so it will be good for each of us to keep on track and not get tired," Segelke said. "Our basketball coach also knows that the rodeo is our top priority and will help manage us."

Despite making rodeo the bigger commitment, Segelke said given the chance to play basketball at the next level was something she wanted to jump at the bit to do.

"Basketball is important to me," Segelke said. "The coach seemed really interested in me, and he offered me a spot on the team. I said to myself if I had a chance to play at the next level, I would."

The Pronghorns basketball team is a strong one, coming off a 23-11 season that included winning their regional tournament and playing in the first round of the NJCAA National Tournament.

But the sport of rodeo will come first, and is something Segelke has put in countless hours and miles to do. Last year, she took first place in goat tying, breakaway, and the all-around at the Wyoming High School Rodeo Association State Finals, earning herself a spot in the High School National Finals.

Before going to Gillette, Segelke will have a few more rodeos to compete in. Her last one will be in Brush on August 6 and 7 as part of the Colorado Junior Rodeo Association. Three days later, she will move in to begin her college career.

Segelke also plans to continue her rodeo career well after her college career finishes up.

The competing part is fun, but the people you meet are unbeatable," Segelke said. "It's a special breed of people."

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